GRAND STRATEGY EXPANSION - HANGS ON TITLE SCREENS

philipe · Post by **philipe** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:09 pm

I have loaded above and first time game opened correctly and I managed to play game. Next time I tried to go into the game it does not get past the second title screen? Any ideas why this won't load. The original game (patched to ver 1.12 works fine)
Thanks
Philipe

KingHunter3059 · Post by **KingHunter3059** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:14 pm

Are you a Matrix or Slitherine user?

tactical22 · Post by **tactical22** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:29 pm

Hi folks,

I have the same problem. I have the Slitherine version.

Thanks in advance and congratulations for such a suberb mod!!

philipe · Post by **philipe** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:34 pm

Slitherine version on Vista 64

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:18 pm

What makes no sense is that it ran the first time but not the 2nd time. This means it setup correctly btu somethigin has gone run after the first run. Where exactly does it hang?

I wonder if it could be related to the rebuilding of map data.

KingHunter3059 · Post by **KingHunter3059** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:18 pm

Well - I am a Matrix User, on Vista 32bit (But it should not make a difference) -

1) Do not use the installer
2) Use the ZIP file: http://rapidshare.com/files/313728646/GSVer1.00.zip
3) Restore your game to 1.12.
4) extract those Zip files to the proper subfolders.
5) restart the game - It should be fine.

Jay

philipe · Post by **philipe** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:28 pm

Yes it hangs on the Firepower Entertainment header. But just checked DOS box and get following:
"Checking ..... Scenario 1939
Found loadable
Checks out.skipping"
Then scenario 40 and 41 load ok
Then says"Problem main menu Init"
So may be to do with loading scenarios/map data.
Iainmcneil - I have tried your suggestion already and I couldnt get anything to load but it may be me putting things in the wrong folders etc.
Thanks for help so far

rkr1958 · Post by **rkr1958** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:44 pm

philipe wrote:Yes it hangs on the Firepower Entertainment header. But just checked DOS box and get following:
"Checking ..... Scenario 1939
Found loadable
Checks out.skipping"
Then scenario 40 and 41 load ok
Then says"Problem main menu Init"
So may be to do with loading scenarios/map data.
Iainmcneil - I have tried your suggestion already and I couldnt get anything to load but it may be me putting things in the wrong folders etc.
Thanks for help so far

Since you refer to a DOS box this implies that you did a manual install using the candidate pre-release version. Is this correct? Running the game produced by the installer doesn't, at least for me, show a DOS window. If it's the case that you manually applied the expansion then it does sound like it may have been incorrectly applied.

If you own a version purchased from Slitherine then I would try using the installer to install over a clean version of 1.12.

If you own a version purchased from Matrix I try what KingHunter recommended: viewtopic.php?p=117640#117640

Cavet: I bought my version from Slitherine. So maybe someone who knows better can correct me if I wrong.

But; my understanding is that the Matrix version will only allow you to have one, and only one, version of CEAW installed on your machine. If this is the case then this could explain why folks who own the Matrix version are having problems with the installer. The installer is "making" a second copy of your standard CEaW 1.12 and then applying the expansion to that copy. This is not allowed with the Matrix version. It this is incorrect stop reading. But, if this is correct then the only way the Matrix folks can play the expansion for now is to download and manually copy the expansion files over a clean install of 1.12. In order to run properly you have to make sure that the files are copied correctly.

It would be informative if owners of the Matrix version could either confirm or refute all this. Again, as an owner of the Slitherine version most of this is conjecture based on information I've gotten from owners of the Matrix version.

philipe · Post by **philipe** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:07 pm

I only see the DOS box when I Ctrl Alt Del out of hanging application. I have not done a manual install on this one although I have tried earlier and then deleted all files created and started with clean install of game and added patches then loaded GS from installer.
Thanks

rkr1958 · Post by **rkr1958** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:57 pm

IMPORTANT. If you're having problems with CEaW - GS freezing on startup See viewtopic.php?p=117829#117829

rkr1958 · Post by **rkr1958** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:00 am

GS-Hotfix (beta): http://rapidshare.com/files/319635985/2 ... HotFix.zip

This hotfix is cumulative and includes the following changes.

GS Expansion Beta Patch.
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This patch will NOT invalidate saved games. That means that if you apply this patch that you can load and continue to play saved games.
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Change Log.

12-10-2009

1. Changed the expected entry date for Poland, who is pro Allied, to 9-1-1939. If not attacked by Germany, Poland will activate at the end of the Allied turn no later than 9-29-1939. If Poland activates then the Polish units do not suffer the 10% efficiency loss. If Germany; however, declares war on Poland then all Polish units suffer an immediate efficiency loss of 10%.

2. Fixed a messaging bug where the owning player wasn't being notified when a minor ally activated on their own. The axis player was not seeing any messages when Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Finland joined the war. Similarly, the allied player wasn’t any messages when the USA and Free France activated. This is now fixed.

12-11-2009 (Hotfix)

3. Fixed a code bug that caused the game for some players to hang on startup when scenarios are loaded. For those players that experienced this bug this is a critical bug and prevented them from playing the expansion.

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:33 am

Will Slitherine put out this/these patches with installer? I haven't bothered with them yet. I ran the installer for the game. If someone has put this 'beta' patch into their game, can we still run pbemail games if I haven't?

rkr1958 · Post by **rkr1958** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:43 am

Blathergut wrote:Will Slitherine put out this/these patches with installer?

Yes, but I don't know what the timeframe is.

Blathergut wrote:I haven't bothered with them yet. I ran the installer for the game.

The hotfix is only critical if the game freezes when it starts up. If that doesn't happen to you then the patch is less critical.

Blathergut wrote: If someone has put this 'beta' patch into their game, can we still run pbemail games if I haven't?

Yes. Won't be a problem.

philipe · Post by **philipe** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:10 am

Great the hotfix fixed all my loading issues so now I can get on and play a great game.
Thanks a lot for the mod and all the help to get it up and running.

GRAND STRATEGY EXPANSION - HANGS ON TITLE SCREENS

GRAND STRATEGY EXPANSION - HANGS ON TITLE SCREENS

Matrix or Slitherine?